James Orr
The "Bard of Ballycarry." United Irishman who fought at the Battle of Antrim in 1798 and fled to America. The Irishman and Donegore Hill — the latter a bitterly honest account of men slipping away from the battle — are the most reprinted poems of the tradition.
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No source is linked here yet. For poets of this period the printed record is frequently the only one — see archives and resources, in particular CELT, the Bardic Poetry Database and the Irish Texts Society editions.
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